Carpet-cleaner.



G. F. GODDARD. CARPET CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..28, 1906.

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BY w.-a.armmw I Mfl ATTORNEYS PATENTEVDY DEQ .'24, 1907.

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rrn srarns GEORGE 1*. GODDARD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARPET-CLEANER.

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'Carpet-Qleaner, of which the folloiting is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The obj cot of my invention is to provide a carpet cleaner which. may be operated by hand orother suitable power to remove from' the carpet fine dust such'as not readily removed by the ordinary carpet sweeper.

in the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of carpet cleaner made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan View; Fig. 3is a vertical central section; Fig. 4 is a front View, the front Wall of the main casing and Fig. 5 is a top plan view, the cover being removed.

Lil-:e marks of reference refer to similar parts in the several views of the drawings.

10 is the main casing of the cleaner, said casing being provided with rollers or casters 11,- so asto be moved easily over the floor in close proximity thereto.

- the main casing 10 is the fan casing 12 con- 14 andrear wall 15 of taining a fan chamber 13; l-heupp'er wall the fan casing 12 also separates the main casing 10 into a dust chamber 16 and a beater chamber 17. l he bottom of the main casing 10, which is also the bottom of the beater chamh er 17 is open and is-provided with a plurality or" flexible strips 18;, which form the heaters. Each of these strips 18 is provided with upwardly extending projections to be engaged by radial armsi20 carried on a. shaft 2-1, These arms 20 are spirally disposedv around the shaft 2]., so as to successire-1y engage the projections 19 to raise the heaters 20 which are returned against the ca et by the resiliency of the material of which they are formed. Within the tan chamber 13 is fan 22 mounted on a shaft 23. The ends of this shaft 23 extend through openings 24 in the sides of the fan casing.

-These openings 24 cmnrnnnicate with spaces 25 between the fan casing and the main casing. The spaces 25 the beater chamber 17', as best shown in Specification of Letters Eatent.

Situated A ithin 19, which are adapted 4 communicate with Patented Dec. 24., 136?.

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Fig. 4. The fan chamber 13 communicates i u -h the dust chamber 16 by means of a passage 25 and adjacent to this passage 26 is a dust pan '2? adapted to be removed from the casing through a-door .28 at the rear of dust pan 29 adapted to be removed from the casing when the top 30 is removed. The top 30 is provided with a curved grating 31 covered with foraminous material 32, so as but to retain the dust within the casing.

In order to remove the accumulated dust from the grating 31, I provide a shaft 33 "with scrapers '84, which are adapted to bear against" the inner face of the said grating.

walls of the main upon .'lllGll is mounted my. device I journal in the casing 10' a shaft 40.,

by means of which the wheel may be manually rotated. Passing around the heel 41 is ,a belt 43, which also passes around a smaller-wheel 44 on the end of the shaft 21 carrying the arms 20 toroperating the beaters 18. This belt 43 also passes below and at the rear of a small'pulley 45 on the end of the fan shaft 28, so as to operate the said fan shaft. 1 The shaft 33 carrying the scrapers 34 is also provided with a pulley 46,. around which passes a belt 47, which also surrounds the driven shaft 40. Thus by rotating the 18, fan 22 and et beneath the casing 10 is thoroughly her 17 and passing up into the spaces25 bean cash g tv'veen the maineas'ing is and the i The dust chamber 16 coniniunic ates with the. spaces 25 between the fan casing and the.

a'driving Wheel 41 provided "with a' handle 42,

. and releasing the heaters '18, so that the car beaten, the dust rising into the'beater cham- 1 the main casing 10. Supported upon the upper wall of tl e fan casing12 IS a second" to allow of the escape of air from the casing,

. .In order to operate the movable parts of" l carpet to be cleaned on the rollers or casters the hand Wheel 41 1S rotated by. means of the handle 42. This causes the 12. The fan 22 is at the same time rapidly revolved so as to drive the air within the fan chamber 13 through the passage 26 into the dust chamber 16. As the air passes from the fan chamber 13 to the dust chamber 16, the heavier particles of dust will be deposited in the dust pan 27. The'air will then rise and circulate through the chamber 16, where considerable of the lighter dust will be deposited in the dust pan 29. A portion of the air then passes downward through the tubes 36 into the spaces 25 and thence through the openings 2-1 again into the fan chamber 13, thus performing a complete cycle through the machine. Inasmuch, .however, as the air passing down through the'tubes 36 is considerably less in quantity than that driven from the fan chamber 13, the deficiency-will be supplied from the spaces 25, thus carryinglntothe fan chamber and dust chamber the dust which is thrown up by the action of the heaters 18. The surplus air will pass our through-the grating 31, the finest particles of dust being retained by the foraminous covering 32. The action of-the scrapers 34 removes this dust from the grating so as to prevent the cloggin of the outlet for the'air. After the cleaner as been usedthe dust pans 27 and 28 can be removed by opening the door 28 and removing the top 30.

Ha ing fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Let ters Patent of the United States is 1. A carpet cleaner provided with a dustcollecting chamber, a beater-chamber provided with means for beating the carpet, a

fan casing provided with a fan, the said dust chamber extending above, to one side of andto the bottom of saidfan casing, said fan casing being located intermediate between said dust and beater chambers and communicata mg with said dust chamber near the .lowerpart thereof and also communicating with said beater chamber, whereby the fan serves to suck the dust from the beater-chamber and discharge it'into the dust-chamber, anda dust collecting tray or pan located within the. bottom of said dust chamber, and a second dust collecting tray or pan located in the upper part of said dust chamber above said fan casing.

2. A carpet. cleaner provided with a dustcollecting chamber,"a beater-chamber provided with means for beating the carpet, 'a fan casing provided with a fan, said fan (as ing being located intermediate between said dust andbeater chambers and communicatmg witheach respectively, whereby the fan serves to suck the dust from the beater chamber and discharge it into the dust chamber',-said cleaner being provided with a return passage leading from saiddust chamber to the intake of the said fan chamber. and also provided with an' air outlet for saiehdnst chamber-adapted to permit a less outlier. of

air than is introduced by the fan to said dust chamber" whereby the surplus air is. returned through said return passage.

3. A carpet cleaner provided with a dustcollecting chamber, a' beater-chamber provided with means for beating the carpet, a

fan casing provided with a fan, said fan casing being located intermediate between said dust and beater chambers and communicating with each respectively, whereby the fan servesto suck the dust from the beater-chamher and discharge it into the dust-chamber, said cleaner being provided with a return passage leading from said dust-chamber to the intake of the said fan chamber, and also provided with an air outlet for said dust chamber adapted to permit a less outflow of air than-is introduced by the fan to said dust chamber, wiereby the surplus airgis re turned through said return passaandjthe D communication between said beater-chamberand said fan chamber having a p'o'rti" their path in common.

4. A carpet cleaner provided with-a dust collecting chamber, a beater chamber, a fan casing provided with a fan communicating with botlrsaid dust and beater chambers .ing each strip and releasing the same to snap it against the carpet.

6. A carpet cleaner )rovided with a dust collecting chamber. a water chamber'provided with means for beating the carpet, a

fancasing provided with a fan. the said dust chamber extending :tbOVt to one side ofand to the bottom of said fan casing. said fan casing being located intermediate. between the dust and-beater chambers and communicating with said dust chamber near the lower part thereof-and-nlso communicating with sa1d beater chambeixand a dnsbcollecting travorpan located withi'irthe bottom of said dust chamber and extending into said fan casing. f Y

In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and allixed my seal in the presence of the wo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. GODDARD. [.1.. s.] \Yiinessesr i \Y. A. ALEXANDER, Bnxxnr'rn intlz. 

